Hundreds of Belarus protesters say they were beaten by police, demand justice

MOSCOW - Artur Khomenko, an entrepreneur from Minsk, said police officers began beating him with their fists and truncheons after they detained him on the fourth night of huge protests that have weakened Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko’s grip on power.

Doctors diagnosed him with a traumatic brain injury, concussion and bruising across his head and body, medical records reviewed by Reuters show. His experience is not unique. Valentin Stefanovich, deputy head of the Spring human rights group, said it had identified 500 cases of police torture across the former Soviet republic since Lukashenko won a disputed presidential election on Aug. 9.

United Nations human rights investigators said on Sept. 1 that they had received reports of hundreds of cases of torture, beatings and mistreatment of anti-government protesters by police in Belarus and urged the authorities to stop any such abuse. On Aug. 17, he also said that some protesters taken to the Okrestina detention center in Minsk had attacked police. He did not provide any evidence.

A review of medical records from six of them showed a range of injuries including external and internal bruising, traumatic brain injury, concussion, a vertebral fracture and a damaged knee.

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edwardlucas Belarus can protest. Hong Kong people cannot. They’re taken away the right to protest. Hong Kong police arrested a 12 year old girl who was shopping for art supplies with her brother. Police mistaken her as protestors and knee on her.

Here in the U.S., Donald Trump calls it 'Law and Order' and supports it wholeheartedly.

You can move there! Lukashenko takes you with open arms with a beating in his hand! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Why?

I hope it never gets as dangerous as America or they could be choked to death or shot by the cops.

Beaten is losing while right is power.

They aren't protesters but toys of west's hands & being used as a weapon to overthrow legitimate president of Belarus which want to establish a puppet regime in Belarus

Trump supporters see nothing wrong with this

It appears police brutality culture is a global culture that NEEDS reform! You are hired to SERVE AND PROTECT the people NOT beat them! 🤨

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